Hello gents! I am a wiring idiot. I bought a 73 Cuda that 'was running' (I have not heard it run). It will not send spark from coil to the dizzy (I held the coil wire to ground and nothing).
Below are some pictures of what I have (318, with I think MSD coil and an aftermarket distributor and no points, but I couldn't find any other 'magic' boxes?). The white (ballast? resistor) was replaced.
The other 'weird' thing is that when there is power to the coil (+), it gets power to the (-), is that right?? I thought the Distributor sent the signal via the neg. term on the coil?
Some pictures;
Overall
Coil wiring
Dizzy wiring
Even more questions if I have not been annoying enough
1) What are the name of the parts along the firewall? (The wiring from the dizzy goes to the 'thing' left of the coil, then there's 'something' to the right of the coil, then the white ballast, then?
2) How can I set it up just to fire the coil as simply as possible? Can I run a power wire from the battery to the + side? What about the - side? There are two wires coming out of the dizzy (orange and black in the pic) can I tie them together and put them to the - side?
Please help!!